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American History timeline
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Causes/entering War
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian Nationalists (who wanted independence) on June 28, 1914 caused Europe and the world alliances to begin the dreaded WW 1.
Although the US was reluctant to join, the cause of the, joining was the sinking of the submarine, Lusitania
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The Boom
The Roaring 20s were a period of economic and cultural advancements with the rise of production and industry
African American culture on the rise through jazz, thus the birth of the KKK -
Burst
Uneven distribution of income and loss of export sales give birth to the great depression. America increased tariffs and Europe stopped buying and doing business with America
The Stock Market crashes -
Bonus Marchers
WW 1 Veterans never got payed their due. 15000 Vets March in Washington. Those who refuse to leave were killed -
Rise of DIctators
Mussolini and Fascist Italy Fascism was an aggressive nationalistic movement that considers the nation more important to the individual, America used all of its efforts to keep the notion way from its citizens
Stalin and Communist Soviet Union covered all of Russia, and bought all farms and made everything government owned -
WW 2
Hitler Violates the Treaty of Versailles and Britain and France let him expand his army beyond his boundaries.
In turn, he invaded Austria and "unite Germany"
